What Stupid Or Unreasonable Thing Do You Want To See In Hockey/NHL?

[Thrasymachus]

Live or dead rats? Live ones thrown on the ice would be real interesting.
Every team's fans should be allowed to throw the occasional rat on the ice.. Although Edmonton and Calgary would be at a distinct disadvantage as we don't have any rats in the province.

I don't encourage the death of animals typically, so I would prefer plastic mice. But hey, whatever works... live mice wouldn't be alive after hitting the ice, so I think that method would be pretty messy

 

[MinimaMoralia]

No holds-barred, fight to the death.
Barbed wire and shanks outta glass.

 

[holy]

I wanna see mullets come back. Either that or something, freaking anything that gives these robots some personality.

 

[Martin Skoula]

The NHL draft plays out like the real draft, every male above 18 in North America and Europe has to register and lotteries are drawn in reverse order of standings every year. The previous year's players can return to their regular lives after the cup is awarded.

 

[Viqsi]

How about 1 game played with all equipment from the 70s (except helmets)?

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[Viqsi]

Duels.

If one player feels wronged by another, the aggrieved player can skate up to the offending player, slap that player in the face with a glove (would love to see this ) and challenge them to a duel.
Both players would then proceed to center ice, stand back to back, and then skate 25 paces with a puck on their sticks and then turn and fire their puck at the opposing player. Honor satisfied.

What happens if a player misses and the puck goes in the net?

 

[HTFN]

What happens if a player misses and the puck goes in the net?

Seems pretty classless, probably have to challenge him to a duel.

 

[Viqsi]

Seems pretty classless, probably have to challenge him to a duel.

I was thinking "goal against the team of the offending player", but that works too.

 

[Ratsreign]

Shock collars on refs.

And the linesmen, too...Drop the damn puck

 

[easton117]

Cup champs pick first overall in the draft. Go down from there.

End tanking once and for all

 

[Mikeshane]

No coaches on the bench and a clear dome over the ice like bubble hockey. I'd like the players to rely more on instinct and less on systems and the bubble would cut down on stoppages.

 

[Rubi]

What happens if a player misses and the puck goes in the net?

Leave the goalies in their nets during the duel. If a goalie fails to make the save... oh well, that sucks for the team that just got scored on.

 

[MinimaMoralia]

The plot of space jam but on ice. Yes Michael Jordan and Bill Murray should be included. Shut your filthy mouth if you disagree to any part of this.

 

[Viqsi]

The plot of space jam but on ice. Yes Michael Jordan and Bill Murray should be included. Shut your filthy mouth if you disagree to any part of this.

In accordance with the bolded, I am hereby declaring your mouth to be my property and will now endeavor to subsequently shut it.

 

[MinimaMoralia]

In accordance with the bolded, I am hereby declaring your mouth to be my property and will now endeavor to subsequently shut it.

It would be amazing and you know it. Those aliens were the cutest things before the roids.

 

[BladeRunner66]

No helmets... It was downright stupid but little was known about concussions back then.

Carl Hagelin could get hair products advertising money.

 

[Benedict Kovalchuk]

Unlimited OT during the regular season but an extra puck is thrown on the ice every five minutes.

 

[Name Nameless]

Plexiglass helmets.

Easier to see who is who of the players if we can see their hair.

 

[Romang67]

Rocket skates and snakes in the penalty boxes.

 

[BlueDream]

Honestly, more player feuds like the Kesler-Johansen thing. It’s entertaining and makes you want to tune into those games.

As much as I dislike watching basketball, the NBA has really mastered the off-court product and made it entertaining. The NHL needs to follow suit instead of making everything so damn vanilla. It’s a contact sport for christ’s sake. Stop trying to squash every ounce of passion...

 

[Name Nameless]

Offsides older than 20 seconds in game-time can't be challenged. They are only ancient history.

 

[Channelcat]

only 1 year contracts.

 

[sansabri]

Suplexes.

 

[member 116861]

Automatically awarding the Stanley Cup to the Aves but also suplexes like @sansabri said.

 

[leaffaninvancouver]

I don't miss fighting but I miss bench brawls. Those were just fun to watch and great for the game. The players who didn't want to fight usually found someone else to just spin around with with and kill time.